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Applause and questions for Ms. Audreyanna Thomas

Aug 14, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Dear Ms. Thomas, I applaud your efforts writing to the EPA regarding your concern for the residents of Coverden, East Bank Demerara who live next door to a storage facility where sealed radioactive sources are being kept. However, I would like to ask if you have ascertained that there is indeed a radiation hazard as a result of these sealed sources being housed there? Did you undertake radiation measurements with a Gamma Meter or Geiger Counter to see the level of the radiation fields coming from the storage facility?
Please note, that only companies holding a licence to acquire, store and handle radioactive material are allowed to possess it. They are mandated by their licence to ensure it is properly stored and handled so that it provides no danger to the public. Only qualified personnel are allowed to handle radioactive material. So, before you start jumping up and down and writing letters of appeal to the EPA, please take measurements to show the EPA there is an actual radiation field emanating from the storage facility and it exceeds the limits allowed (by its licence).
If a radiation hazard is detected coming from that storage facility you will then be able to show the EPA that the radioactive sources are not being properly stored and the company to whom they belong is not adhering to the regulations that govern the proper storage of these sources.

Sincerely,
Dennis Balgobin

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